Sunday, November 8, 2015

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For November 8, 2015 World Urbanism Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not—November 8, 2015, 439 days to go in President
Obama’s term. Trust your Sunday is off to a great start and your weekend
plans, including time allocated to watch pro football this Sunday, are set; as
always I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, factoids of
interest, a music video by the
Escape Club, a relevant quote from Scarlett
O’Hara, looking forward to enjoying some cappoccino,
blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a
gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you
know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a
great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact
me for details. 1. International
Radiology Day—commemorating the positive impact of radiology from X-rays to
MRIs in healthcare and celebrated on this day which marked the discovery of X-rays
by Wilhem Rontgen on this day in 1895. 2.World Urbanism Day—promoting urban planning to create neighborhoods
and cities that are livable.

3. 1987 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1987 on a brief run of one week in that position Wild, Wild West by Escape Club. Here is
a link to Escape Club to Boston performing Wild, Wild West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ES3iNPcPL8

4.
National Cappuccino Day—celebrating
a great way to obtain your caffeine.

5.
Everyone Can Have
15 Minutes Of But A Good Book Brings A Lifetime
Day—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1900 Margaret Mitchell, the Pulitizer Prize winner
in 1937 for her iconic work Gone With The Wind, which sadly was not repeated.

On this day
in:

a. 1923
Adolph Hitler and a small number of his supporters unsuccessfully tried to take
over Munich by armed force.

b. 1933 Franklin
Delano Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, a program of shovel
ready projects to hire 4,000,000 unemployed—too bad Obama did not learn what
shovel ready should have meant before instituting his failed stimulus.

c. 1939 Georg
Elsner failed in his attempt to kill Adolph Hitler in Munich celebrating the
anniversary of the attempted Munich putsch; too bad as if he had been
successful, World War II would have ended far sooner.

d. 1966 President
Lyndon Johnson signed legislation to allow the NFL and AFL to merge to the
future joy of Super Bowl zealots.

e. 1972 HBO
commenced programming with its first fare being Sometimes A Great Notion,
starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.

Good observation on optimism even if from a fictional character: “I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then.
Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is
another day.”Scarlett O’Hara from Margret
Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind

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